A Random Project

So the other day, I was making a card and thought, golly, wouldn't this be nice as part of a card gift set? So I made a five card set with envelopes and packaged it all up nicely in this folding card holder thingy.

Here's the cover:

The design paper is EK Success. I love it, it's sooooo pretty - it's looks Asian-ish. And it's like letterpress, so it makes it seem even more... professional.


I used PTI dark chocolate cardstock for the base of the holder, layered PTI kraft cardstock, and then finally the pretty dp on top. I cut a strip of dark chocolate and used a Martha Stewart border punch to make a pretty band, and then used some random dotty ribbon that I had to act as the tie of the card holder. It was just by pure luck that the ribbon matched the flowers on the dp. Wahoo! I love when that happens. Using my fave Nesties Labels 1, I made the label and used PTI Vintage Labels and Simply Stationary stamp sets.


Here is the card holder opened up:

The holder on the left holds the envelopes. I'm thinking of maybe stamping some image on the envelope flaps but didn't get around to it because Jamie wanted me to post this today. =P The holder on the right holds the actual cards. I used the same dotty ribbon to decorate the inside of the holder (b/c the kraft holders looked soooo plain...but I ran out of the ribbon so could make any kind of fancy bow, hence just the plain ol' strip of ribbon).


And here is the card itself. Pretty simple huh? I had to keep it simple in order to fit 5 into the holder. It'd be kind of lame to just give someone a set of 2, don't you think? hehe...


Anyhoo, I really dig this card. I think the dp really makes it.

Card Details

Stamps: PaperTreyInk Vintage Labels & Simply Stationary, Memory Box

Paper: PaperTreyInk, Memory Box, EK Success

Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate, VersaMagic Pink Grapefruit

Accessories: Salmon-ish dotty ribbon, Offray brown ribbon, Nesties Labels 1 & Tag Trios